beryl

Example Sentences

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The emerald, Brazilian authorities say, was discovered in a beryl mine in the country in 2001 and later smuggled to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

If the quartz can’t scratch the specimen, it might be beryl or corundum, which are harder than quartz.

From Scientific American

One of the mightiest of the stones on display at the museum is a four-foot-tall, 7,756-pound hunk of grayish-green rock called beryl, from which come emeralds as well as beryllium.

From New York Times

Oxford County, they learned, was a mining center famous for its tourmaline, quartz and beryl.

From New York Times

The Massachusetts couple became interested in the local mining history and bought a tract that included the Bumpus Mine, which had produced feldspar and the gemstone beryl.

From Washington Times